Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Fresh off the press👇🏿 “Leadership demands humility, courage, and the willingness to speak truth to power. Too often, I witness the resilience of Black nurses, clients, and colleagues navigating systems that have not always recognized our full humanity.” ijb.utoronto.ca/news/advancing… 171
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Are you a Black man living in Ontario? This is an event you don’t want to miss! Research shows that Black men face higher health risks, but we can change that. There will be free blood pressure, blood sugar, sickle cell, & prostate screenings, + free food & community connections. #DurhamRegion 051
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025#Urgent: Protect Researchers’ Data and Equity in Canadian Science 196
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Honoured to call myself a CIHR scholar. Thank you to my community of supporters cheering me all the way. Grateful to be chosen by Queen’s University School of Nursing for this life-changing award. Looking forward to contributing to #blackmaternalhealth research in #Canada and beyond! 1211
Reposted by Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RNWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20/09/2025The Washington Post Fired Karen Attiah, But They Only Elevated Her The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest. thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin... 211912527
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Where did the U.S. ambassador to Canada park his emotions when Trump was busy calling Canada the 51st state? 2172
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Can’t say this enough - the discomfort of learning about racism is no way comparable to the trauma of experiencing it firsthand. Enough with the victim mentality. 0253
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Did you know that Canada was not just a safe haven, but also a site of slavery for over 200 years? Black and Indigenous peoples were enslaved in colonial Canada. This part of Canadian history is often erased. On this #EmancipationDay, take some time to do some digging. humanrights.ca/story/story-...humanrights.caThe story of Black slavery in Canadian history | CMHRCanada celebrates being a destination for Americans who escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. But slavery was also part of Canada’s history for more than 200 years. 12814
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 01/08/2025On this day in 1834, slavery was officially abolished. Emancipation Day serves as a reminder for us to keep disrupting the status quo, and to keep breaking institutional chains. Happy #EmancipationDay 0180
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 06/06/2025According to the government of Canada, Black nurses are met with harsher treatment in the healthcare system than their white counterparts. Let’s not even talk about the lack of representation in leadership and academia. Progress has been painstakingly slow. 0287
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Doug Ford froze minimum wage for years. He froze wages for female-dominated professions for years. He’s failed to boost ODSP for years. He’s made cuts to education. He’s grossly underfunded public healthcare. Today, he gives MPPs a 35% raise & turns his back on the rest of us. #onpoli 24515
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Who else agrees that nurses should be at every table where healthcare decisions are being made? I do ✋🏿 Happy nursing week! 0325
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025This nurses week, I challenge each of us to call out racism when we see it. Let us remember Joyce Echaquan, the 37yo Atikamekw woman who died in a Quebec hospital after being subjected to racist abuse by health staff. Stop being a passive ally & DO something. Happy Nurses week! 0268
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 07/05/2025While I support free hospital parking in Ontario, it's important to recognize that hospitals are grossly underfunded and depend on parking fees to maintain services. To eliminate these fees without compromising patient care, Premier Doug Ford must increase hospital funding. #onpoli 3305
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025The anti-woke Poilievre did not just lose the election, he also lost his own parliamentary seat. That’s not just defeat, but a full-blown political faceplant. I can’t get over it 😂 #cdnpoli 0142
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025A beautiful thank you to all the people who did not vote for Pierre Poilievre. You are the real MVPs. #CanadaElection #CanadaElections2025 0471
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The original meaning of woke is to be alert to social justice issues. To stay woke is to stay aware of what is going on in society. Politicians have colonized the word to criticize efforts around social justice & to spread anti-Black sentiments. We won’t let them. Forever woke 👊🏿 0237
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025We should all be alarmed byPoilievre’s threats to pull back federal funding from universities if elected. Federal research grants are needed to fund cancer research, mental health, cybersecurity & many others. Pierre plans to end life-saving & cutting-edge science. www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...ctvnews.caPierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that meansPierre Poilievre is vowing to eliminate 'woke ideology' from the public service, federal funding for university research and military culture. 42310118
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025My heart goes out to all those mourning and hurting after the senseless violence at the Filipino Festival in Vancouver, where a man drove a car right into the crowd, killing and harming people while they celebrated. Such tragedy! I pray for healing in our society. #Canada 2273
Reposted by Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RNTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Public health leaders talk of re-establishing trust www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/p... “We advance conspiracy theorists over people who are scientists. We have experts silenced & public health workers being demonized for doing their jobs.” Distrust was CREATED & weaponized by misinformation mongers.statnews.comPublic health leaders, besieged and regretful, talk of re-establishing trustPublic health leaders met to celebrate the field but also to talk about regret and strategies for re-establishing public trust, for example, empathetic listening. 23617
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025A patient received priority care after assaulting a nurse. How is this not an example of rewarding violent behaviour? Does this mean that patients can attack nurses and get special treatment in return? This is sickening. Nurses deserve better! www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...ctvnews.caPatient seen sooner after allegedly assaulting nurse at Winnipeg hospitalQuestions are being raised about how health officials handled a patient at Grace Hospital who allegedly assaulted a nurse. 2111
Reposted by Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RNJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 09/04/2025When I wrote "Resilience is Futile", I never expected so many workplace speaking gigs. But it seems that more and more employers are choosing "Building Resilience" band-aid BS solutions to what are actually systemic problems like burnout, pay inequity, discriminatory practises, etc. 3649
Reposted by Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RNWonk_arama @wonkarama.bsky.social · 09/04/2025A work environment that requires or even just relies on employee resilience is not only toxic, it is also doomed as it will quickly lose that invaluable resource, the discretionary effort of their employees. 031
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I recently spoke at a conference where I explained how the word resilience has been weaponized by many employers to justify unhealthy and toxic work environments. Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you. 111014
Reposted by Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RNBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 08/04/2025During COVID, we learned the hard way that nearly all our hospital PPE i.e. masks, gowns, gloves comes from China. A 104% tariff could send us straight back to pandemic-level shortages or drive healthcare costs even higher.🫠 171420400
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I never knew that fighting for equity would be something to be reported for. This only strengthens my resolve - now more than ever, I want to enjoy the same rights and privileges as you. You keep reporting. I’ll never stop speaking out. 0100
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025To all the people who said “I don’t do politics”, tell me, how is politics currently doing you? 0131
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Return your teslas if you can. Sell your teslas if you can. Do not buy teslas. Stop empowering a man that has absolutely no regard for you. 0211
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025You can’t be vacationing in Florida and then say that you’re all for “buying Canadian”. #tarriffwar #canada #unitedstates 0333
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025It’s not okay to look at vulnerable people in the eye and say, well I’m going to vote for someone who will make your life even harder. That’s Doug Ford. #OntarioVotes2025 326041
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I know change is hard, but 7 years of Doug Ford? Give me a break! #OntarioVotes2025 4969
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025The very strategic Doug Ford - called a snap election in the middle of Winter. - sent out $200 bribes to buy your vote. Today, corruption won yet again. #OntarioVotes2025 1124754
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Funny people. They can’t stand Trump, yet voted for Doug. Goodbye publicly-funded healthcare, education, and other social services. Forget about ever getting a family doctor. Hello to more healthcare privatization and more alcohol. #OntarioVotes2025 67516
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I highly recommend this book to educators across schools. I’m hearing that not much engagement with Black history is happening in many schools across Ontario. Educators must know better in order to do better. Thank you #BlackHistoryMonth 11810
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 23/02/2025When your birthday falls on #BlackHistoryMonth, you know very well that you are meant to build a disruptive legacy. Happy birthday to me 🎉 Photo credit - Blissful Moments Creative ❤️ 5432
Reposted by Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RNAdria Kray @adriakray.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Yes, where are the charges! “According to a 2022 study by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Black women are 53% more likely to die in a hospital during childbirth, no matter their income level or type of insurance.” Horrifying. I know I shouldn’t be shocked, but I am. 042
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025In 2023, the nurse who spoke up against the racist treatment of Black birthing mothers in the labour & delivery unit was fired. She had a mental breakdown from witnessing the mistreatment of multiple Black women in a maternity ward. It's 2025 and still no changes. sdvoice.info/black-nurses...sdvoice.infoBlack Nurses Are Traumatized by Racism in HealthcareNaseema McElroy, a labor and delivery nurse, witnessed the mistreatment of multiple Black women in a maternity ward. 12314
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025A 2020 study found that, even within the same hospital, Black women were at greater risk for maternal complications than white women. Implicit racial bias and institutional racism were reported as the main reasons. How are we disrupting the drivers of this unjust reality? #BlackMaternalHealth 12711
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Silence is not golden. Let’s develop a speak-up culture as closed mouths do not get justice. 1356
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I lost a friend who was pregnant with twins. They all died. The system continues to fail us Black women. My heart is broken💔 The prioritization of Black maternal health isn’t an option. It’s a must, & I’ll devote my entire being to advocating for Black maternal health equity. #BlackMaternalHealth 1410013
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025In 2022, nearly 60% of eligible voters did not vote. There’s no stronger way to make your voice heard than exercising your right to vote. If you can, help those in your circle to get to the ballots - offer a ride, help babysit, do something to get more voters out to #VoteFordOut 1297
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025As you head to the polls, remember: 1. Doug Ford failed to end hallway medicine like he promised. 2. Over 2.3 million Ontarians have no family doctor. 3. In 2022, Doug gave 43 MPPs a $16000 raise & froze nurses’ wages at 1% increase for years. Doug cannot be trusted #onpoli 10267143
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025As you approach the polls, make sure you think of those made vulnerable by society, and vote in their best interests. This means that, we must VOTE OUT DOUG FORD because he despises those who are vulnerable and only panders to the rich #onpoli 13612
Reposted by Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RNTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Incredible that this still needs to be said. But it needs to be said. Vaccines do not cause autism. Here is how we know www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v... by @matthewherper.bsky.social Part of the challenge is that this belief increasingly tied to political identity.statnews.comHere is how we know that vaccines do not cause autismVaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know. 727383
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Doug Ford has repeatedly demonstrated his inability to lead the province. He has destroyed every portfolio under his jurisdiction. How much more proof do we need to vote him out? On top of that, he supports Trump, a man who openly expresses disdain for Canada. Time to go #onpoli 43410
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025In 1851, an American physician, Samuel A. Cartwright violently claimed that Black people who desired to escape slavery were suffering from a mental disorder called drapetomania. Beware of the oppressor’s framing of the oppressed. 1327
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Here is the link to support the nurse who was violently burnt by a white patient. www.gofundme.com/f/help-tresh...gofundme.comDonate to Help Tresha - A Black Nurse Facing Workplace Trauma, organized by Vaughn MowattHi everyone, My name is Vaughn Mowatt, and I’m reaching out to a… Vaughn Mowatt needs your support for Help Tresha - A Black Nurse Facing Workplace Trauma 076
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I am so angry. A nurse reached out to me - she was brutally scalded with hot coffee by a white patient, who waited until her face was up before pouring it on her. Then, he called her the n-word. She’s looking for legal help. Black nurses deserve to feel safe too. This happened in Ontario, #Canada. 145220
Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN @birgitomo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025A white nurse in Virginia went about breaking the bones of Black babies in the NICU. This is just one of many reasons why Black people do not trust the health care system. Those frail, innocent babies my God! My nursing mom & nurse heart bleeds 😢 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukHenrico nurse charged after premature babies suffer broken bonesA year-long investigation into the alleged child abuse suspects that at least seven babies have been harmed at the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Virginia between 2023 and 2024 3182